"ilmur" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Icelandic]

IPA: [ˈɪlmʏr]
Rhymes: -ɪlmʏr Etymology: From Old Norse ilmr. Further origin unknown. Maybe related to dialectal Norwegian ulme (“to mould”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål ilm (“fragrance, scent”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|ilmr}} Old Norse ilmr, {{unk|is|nocap=1}} unknown, {{m+|no|ulme|t=to mould}} Norwegian ulme (“to mould”), {{cog|nb|ilm||fragrance, scent}} Norwegian Bokmål ilm (“fragrance, scent”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} ilmur m (genitive singular ilms, no plural) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|m.sg.dati:-/i}} Forms: ilms [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], ilmur [indefinite, nominative, singular], ilmurinn [definite, nominative, singular], ilm [accusative, indefinite, singular], ilminn [accusative, definite, singular], ilmi [dative, indefinite, singular], ilm [dative, indefinite, singular], ilminum [dative, definite, singular], ilms [genitive, indefinite, singular], ilmsins [definite, genitive, singular]
  1. fragrance, aroma, perfume (pleasant scent) Tags: masculine, no-plural Synonyms: angan Hypernyms: lykt, þefur, dámur Derived forms (compounds with ilmur as head): blómailmur (english: scent of flower), herrailmur (english: (men's) cologne), kaffiilmur (english: scent of coffee) Derived forms (compounds with ilmur as modifier): ilmefni (english: fragrance, perfume) [neuter], ilmkerti (english: scented candle) [neuter], ilmkjarnaolía (english: essential oil) [feminine], ilmolía (english: scented oil) [feminine], ilmvatn (english: perfume) [neuter] Related terms: ilma (english: to smell pleasant), ilmandi (english: fragrant, aromatic), ilming [feminine], ilman (english: fragrance, pleasant scent) [feminine]

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "ilmi",
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          "word": "fýla"
        },
        {
          "word": "ólykt"
        },
        {
          "word": "fnykur"
        },
        {
          "word": "óþefur"
        },
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          "word": "stækja"
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          "english": "fragrance, perfume",
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          "tags": [
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          "translation": "fragrance, perfume",
          "word": "ilmefni"
        },
        {
          "english": "scented candle",
          "sense": "compounds with ilmur as modifier",
          "tags": [
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          "translation": "scented candle",
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        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          "english": "scented oil",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ilmolía"
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        {
          "english": "perfume",
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        {
          "english": "scent of flower",
          "sense": "compounds with ilmur as head",
          "translation": "scent of flower",
          "word": "blómailmur"
        },
        {
          "english": "(men's) cologne",
          "sense": "compounds with ilmur as head",
          "translation": "(men's) cologne",
          "word": "herrailmur"
        },
        {
          "english": "scent of coffee",
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          "translation": "scent of coffee",
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          ],
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          "text": "Afskorin blóm eru bæði falleg og gefa góðan ilm sem fyllir herbergið.",
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          "english": "to smell pleasant",
          "translation": "to smell pleasant",
          "word": "ilma"
        },
        {
          "english": "fragrant, aromatic",
          "translation": "fragrant, aromatic",
          "word": "ilmandi"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ilming"
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          "english": "fragrance, pleasant scent",
          "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[ˈɪlmʏr]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlmʏr"
    },
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      "homophone": "Ilmur"
    }
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      "english": "scented oil",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "english": "scent of flower",
      "sense": "compounds with ilmur as head",
      "translation": "scent of flower",
      "word": "blómailmur"
    },
    {
      "english": "(men's) cologne",
      "sense": "compounds with ilmur as head",
      "translation": "(men's) cologne",
      "word": "herrailmur"
    },
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      "english": "scent of coffee",
      "sense": "compounds with ilmur as head",
      "translation": "scent of coffee",
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      "form": "ilminn",
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      "form": "ilmi",
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      "english": "to smell pleasant",
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      "word": "ilma"
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      "english": "fragrance, pleasant scent",
      "tags": [
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        {
          "word": "ólykt"
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        {
          "word": "fnykur"
        },
        {
          "word": "óþefur"
        },
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          "word": "stækja"
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        {
          "word": "stybba"
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          "word": "daunn"
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          "english": "fragrance of",
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          "english": "to smell a scent",
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          "english": "to inhale a fragrance",
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          "word": "lykt"
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        {
          "word": "dámur"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɪlmʏr]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlmʏr"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Ilmur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ilmur"
}

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